voiceless

Name: voiceless, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈvɔɪsləs/

//ˈvɔɪsləs// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“voiceless” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,156. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,156
frequency rank, English: 969
“V” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.

Corpus desk

Index EN-voiceless · voiceless · English

voiceless · rank #39,156 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #39,156
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 969
PHOTO-FINISH vlog

Nearest frequency peer: vlog (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

vidya

60,847
vlog

60,846
voiceless

60,845
Volga

60,844
Volgograd

60,843
waka

60,842

What this shows “voiceless” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for voiceless
Property	Value
Headword	voiceless
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/ˈvɔɪsləs/
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#39,156
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “voiceless”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).voicelesslands here:

#39,156

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “vlog” (#39,155), “Volga” (#39,157), “vidya” (#39,154). Among 969 “V” headwords, “voiceless” is #39,156. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around voiceless (IPA /ˈvɔɪsləs/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,156 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for voiceless, with forms such as "oviceless", "vioceless", and "vocieless". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From voice + -less. The correct English form is voiceless, spelled V-O-I-C-E-L-E-S-S.

Definition

1
Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
2
Without a vote; having no input into a decision.
3
Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how voiceless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

How people, with any pretence to decency or cleanliness, can, for a day, sit voiceless and patient and see these brutes destroy and befilth everything, public and private, is difficult to believe.
A voiceless song in an ageless light / Sings at the coming dawn / Birds in flight are calling there / Where the heart moves the stones / It's there that my heart is calling / All for the love of you.

Etymology

From voice + -less.

This word in other languages

mudo(Español)aphone(Français)stimmlos(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

oviceless
vioceless
vocieless
voicceless
voiceelss
voiceles
voicelless
voicelses
voicleess
voiecless
vvoiceless

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voiceless - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "voiceless"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voiceless"?

"voiceless" is spelled V-O-I-C-E-L-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈvɔɪsləs/.

What does "voiceless" mean?

As an adjective, "voiceless" means: Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.

What are common misspellings of "voiceless"?

Common misspellings include "oviceless", "vioceless", "vocieless", "voicceless", "voiceelss". The correct spelling is "voiceless".

How do you pronounce "voiceless"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voiceless" is /ˈvɔɪsləs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "voiceless"?

From voice + -less. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "voiceless", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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